When Self-Serving Bias is ADAPTIVE, it increases the self-esteem of people.
We are protected by a SELF-SERVING BIAS. Self-Serving Bias is a tendency to perceive and present oneself favorably. It defense against our threatened self-esteem. In another words, it protect individuals from depression, better achievement via self-fulfilling prophecy, sustain a sense of hope in difficult time, feeling good and security.
When a person越會去做一些事來表現自己的"強",以保護自己, the SELF-SERVING BIAS will become MAL-ADAPTIVE (negative). Some situation will be blaming others for the difficulties they encounter. The extreme case will be an abusive or murderous range.